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Live at Very Fine Solutions

by Daniel McBrearty

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1.
So Far From My Home 05:46
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“In the age of the atomic clock I hear the slave atom whisper and rock Her heart beats deep in the rock In readiness Far above me the satellite Hits the world through the word box of light Far away from the sweet morning light In this wilderness “But I wish that I did not feel So Far From My Home “Gonna reach down deep in the rock Find my way through the rupture and shock He heart beats deep in the rock In tenderness I’m gonna cry out like a prisoner in the dock I’m gonna break the chain and the lock Gonna end this deep mental block In readiness “But I wish that I did not feel So Far From My Home “I’m gonna hold my head to the heights I’m gonna be like a beacon of light I’m gonna make my talent shine bright In this wilderness “But I wish that I did not feel So Far From My Home”
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Uncle Belly's Leaning Shed 04:20
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(Verse) “There’s a place that I know Where only the poor people go. Every night from the door You’ll hear the sound of laughter Until the morning comes “It’s not fashionable, It’s not chic And when it rains the roof sometimes leaks The only light comes from the lamplight Hanging from the rafter “Until the morning comes the drifters and the bums Let down their hair and put the world to right Almost every night … (Chorus) “It don’t matter if you got no money It’s not the kind of place that you need bread Come on get yourself a taste of honey Down at Uncle Belly’s Leaning Shed “It’s four in the morning and the city slumbers The office workers safely home in bed Come on get yourself a game of numbers Down at Uncle Belly’s Leaning Shed “If love’s your thing bring your madam, bring your mister If you’re a wino bring a bottle instead Prepare to share them with your brother and your sister Down at Uncle Belly’s Leaning Shed”
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Hard Edged Little Kissing 05:10
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“By this time tomorrow I’ll be in a box within your mind And though the thought may worry you, you’ll never let it blind you Your life is as you’d have it, your heart keeps you away From the funny kind of loving You found with me today, so… “Come on and give me some of your Hard Edged Little Kissing Make me want what I can’t have You know that’s what I’m missing Worry ‘bout the future or what tomorrow brings You make it like a daydream Your kisses, they have wings “Some day in the future the computers will have me down As a bad man, unreliable who left his house in town When I waste my time, or tend my still Or I’m shaving on the train You’ll stop to think of this Hard Edged Kiss You’ll never feel again, so … “Come on and give me some of your Hard Edged Little Kissing …”
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Guitar Instrumental 03:16
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Where The Dirty River Flows 06:21
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(Verse 1) “Take your psychic airplane High above the city Look down on the black veins With their clots of steel Look down on the money man Thinks that he gets there faster Poor Mr Commuter Man Stuck behind a wheel (Chorus) “Is there a sweeter feeling hidden in the heart of it Suppressed in case the water level rose Is there a deeper healing charity no part of it Somewhere Where The Dirty Flows (Verse 2) “Take your psychic airplane Take it high up above this country Look down on the rivers Flowing through the bitter fields Look down on the farming man Ploughing endless furrows Poor old agricultural Worrying over yields (Chorus) (Verse 3) Take you psychic airplane Take it high up above this planet Look down on the rivers Flowing into seas And look down on the short love That we give to the poor and the needy Given out like wire To the down at heel (The dirty river haunts me in my dreams The dirty river, everywhere it seems)
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Be Natural 06:04
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“Back in the eighties I got my fingers burned Here in the nineties, I’m just touching what I’ve earned Be Natural, that’s the lesson that I’ve learned “I’ve had good love, to make me want to shout And I’ve been lonely, know what jilted’s all about Be Natural, in the end the truth will out “Save the time that faking takes up Without appearances to keep Nice façades will surely break up In the mirror, before you go to sleep “They got an old saying ‘bout diamonds and girls But nobody’s paying for counterfeited pearls Be Natural, while this sad old world unfurls Be Natural, while this sad old world unfurls”
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Wouldn't That Be A Thing 03:51
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“I get numb watching the news right now Rich old white guys do their thing They don’t speak for us anyhow Wouldn’t That Be A Thing “I don’t don’t hold with all the things they say The madness of a king Hoping change is on they way Wouldn’t That Be A Thing “And I’m wondering about you right now Tied up in your own string I don’t get through to you anyhow Wouldn’t That Be A Thing “It’s yesterday’s connection now A sell by date on the tin Got no use for it anyhow Wouldn’t That Be A Thing “I get tired of waiting for you right now Poisoned by your own sting Got my own wounds to clean anyhow Wouldn’t That Be A Thing “The kids are smarter than the grown-ups now Showed the whole damn world something Hoping change will come someday now Wouldn’t That Be A Thing”
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Give Thanks For Simple Things 04:16
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“A cycle ride through the park that takes you homeward after dark And passes by the benches where a drunken couple sings You stop to pass the time away, you laugh you drink you talk you play Enjoy these small adventures and give thanks for simple things. “You’re standing in your favourite club when all amongst the great hubbub Of people that are passing, your telephone it rings Someone you met a while ago but lost their number- ther you go You’re gonna get connected. Give thanks for simple things. “Give Thanks For Simple Things … “The poets and the sages talked philosophy through the ages Writing many learned pages on the benefits it brings Their words may be uplifting, but when your mind is drifting You may find a certain gift in giving thanks for simple things. “There is a certain need inside to please the senses and the tide Of dances and romances is a sweet and bitter thing. Lovers they may come and go, the beauty’s in the ebb and flow You’ve got to take your chances. Give thanks for simple things. “Give Thanks For Simple Things … “Some people think their karma is to act like Dalai Lama. A kind of spiritual farmer having endless soulful flings. It may appear outdated, but it’s far less complicated If the appetite is sated giving thanks for simple things “We may find ourselves connected, feeling specially selected The choices we’ve elected making sweet our everything Feeling free instead of frightened, how our spirits may be brightened Joyful and enlightened, giving thanks for simple things. “Give Thanks For Simple Things …”

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An intimate live recording! Daniel performing eight original songs with guitar, accompanied by Jon Birdsong on cornet. Recorded stereo straight to analogue tape in Antwerp, February, 2019, before a warm and appreciative audience.

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released October 6, 2019

Daniel McBrearty - guitar/vocals
Jon Birdsong - cornet

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Daniel McBrearty Ghent, Belgium

I write and play music for fun and to stay sane. Mostly saxophone, occasionally clarinet, but I do the singer-songwrtiter thing as well.

I do it for my own satisfaction and pleasure, but if people (you) like it, well, that’s great. I’ve also messed around with making music videos too (but these days I don’t have time), and those you can find on YT (link is at the top). ... more

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